Baltimore Ecosystem Study

BES Summer Quarterly Meeting: Environment and Public Health
2025-07-09 12:30 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | UMBC Techology Research Center, 5200 Westland Blvd., Room 206, Arbutus, Maryland, 21227, United States
The Summer Quarterly Meeting of the Baltimore Ecosystem Study will take place on July 9, 2025 from 12:30 pm to 4:30 pm.
The topic will be Environment and Public Health.
Location: Room 206, Technology Research Center (TRC) on the UMBC campus.
Remote link: https://umd.zoom.us/my/dexter.locke
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Click HERE to download the agenda or see below. We look forward to seeing you all there!
– 12:30 Refreshments and Conversation
– 12:40 Welcome, Introductions, and Announcements
Rylee Wernoch
– 12:45 Spatial Science for Better Health: The Role of GIS in Understanding Environmental Determinants
Paige Brochu, University of Vermont Spatial Analysis Lab
– 1:00 Environmental Determinants of Energy Burden and Implications for Heat-Health Vulnerability
Becky Shade, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
– 1:15 A Spatiotemporal Analysis of Structural Racism, Firearm Homicide, and Fatal Opioid-Involved Overdose: An Injury-Related Syndemic
Mudia Uzzi, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
– 1:30 Cross-cutting Questions
– 1:45 Break
– 2:00 What is the Association Between Greening Vacant Lots and Adolescent Health? A Snapshot of Findings from Project VITAL
Kristin Mmari, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
– 2:15 Health Departments & Climate Change in the US
Megan Weil Latshaw, Johns Hopkins
– 2:30 Health Impacts of Place-Based Greening Interventions: A Systematic Review
Dustin Fry, Lehigh University College of Health
– 2:45 Wildfire & Preterm Birth – Current and Future research.
M. Luke Smith, Penn State University
– 3:00 Cross-cutting Questions
– 3:45 Break
– 4:00 Discussion, proposals, opportunities to collaborate & Next Steps?
– 4:30 Adjourn
Dexter Locke

BES Annual Science Meeting - October 16
2025-10-16 08:30 - 17:00 | Stillmeadow Community Fellowship, 5110 Frederick Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland, 21229
The 2025 Annual Science Meeting of the Baltimore Ecosystem Study will take place on October 16, 2025.
Everyone is welcome to attend.
You do not need to give a presentation or poster to participate.
You do not need to be a scientist to join. In fact we encourage managers, decision makers, community members – everyone – to join and share their experiences and perspectives.
Registration is FREE and open now!
Submissions for oral and poster presentation ended on September 30th. Thank you to all those who submitted!
Click HERE to register for the meeting.
Click HERE to see the agenda.
Click HERE to see presentation abstracts.
Location: Stillmeadow Community Fellowship.

BES Winter Quarterly Meeting 2026
2026-01-22 08:30 - 12:30 | UMBC Techology Research Center, 5200 Westland Blvd., Room 206, Arbutus, Maryland, 21227, United States
The 2026 BES Winter Quarterly meeting will take place on Thursday January 22 from 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM.
The location is the Technology Research Center at UMBC.
Remote link: https://yale.zoom.us/j/97307986142
Everyone is welcome to attend.
You do not need to give a presentation or poster to participate.
You do not need to be a scientist to join. In fact we encourage managers, decision makers, community members – everyone – to join and share their experiences and perspectives.
Click HERE to download the Agenda.

BES Spring Quarterly Meeting 2026: BATS!!
2026-04-16 08:15 - 12:00 | UMBC Techology Research Center, 5200 Westland Blvd., Room 206, Arbutus, Maryland, 21227, United States
The 2026 BES Spring Quarterly meeting will take place on Thursday April 16 from 8:15 AM to 12:00 PM.
The topic is BATS!!
Click HERE for the agenda.
The location is the Technology Research Center at UMBC.
Everyone is welcome to attend.
You do not need to give a presentation or poster to participate.
You do not need to be a scientist to join. In fact we encourage managers, decision makers, community members – everyone – to join and share their experiences and perspectives.

BES Summer Quarterly Meeting 2026: Building Bridges and Breaking Barriers - Organizations Connecting People to Power
2026-06-17 08:30 - 13:00 | USGS Conference Room B, 5522 Research Park Dr, Catonsville, MD, 21228, United States
The 2026 BES Summer Quarterly meeting will take place on Wednesday June 17 from 8:30 AM to 1:00 PM.
The topic is Building Bridges and Breaking Barriers: Organizations Connecting People to Power
The location is the USGS Conference Room B, 5522 Research Park Dr, Catonsville, MD 21228
Click HERE to download the agenda.
Everyone is welcome to attend.
You do not need to give a presentation or poster to participate.
You do not need to be a scientist to join. In fact we encourage managers, decision makers, community members – everyone – to join and share their experiences and perspectives.
